diff --git a/Demo/librato-iOS Demo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Demo/librato-iOS Demo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 5e85e56..f1b30cc 100644
--- a/Demo/librato-iOS Demo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj	
+++ b/Demo/librato-iOS Demo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj	
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
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-		D9263DD61DB946660035CC6E /* NSString+SanitizedForMetricTests.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = "NSString+SanitizedForMetricTests.m"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		D9263DD61DB946660035CC6E /* NSString+AULSanitizedForMetricTests.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = "NSString+AULSanitizedForMetricTests.m"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
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@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
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 				66922642180358B000237E77 /* librato_iOS_DemoTests.m */,
-				D9263DD61DB946660035CC6E /* NSString+SanitizedForMetricTests.m */,
+				D9263DD61DB946660035CC6E /* NSString+AULSanitizedForMetricTests.m */,
 				6692263D180358B000237E77 /* Supporting Files */,
 			);
 			path = "librato-iOS DemoTests";
@@ -331,7 +331,6 @@
 			buildActionMask = 2147483647;
 			files = (
 				66922643180358B000237E77 /* librato_iOS_DemoTests.m in Sources */,
-				D9263DD71DB946660035CC6E /* NSString+SanitizedForMetricTests.m in Sources */,
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 		};
diff --git a/Demo/librato-iOS DemoTests/NSString+SanitizedForMetricTests.m b/Demo/librato-iOS DemoTests/NSString+AULSanitizedForMetricTests.m
similarity index 95%
rename from Demo/librato-iOS DemoTests/NSString+SanitizedForMetricTests.m
rename to Demo/librato-iOS DemoTests/NSString+AULSanitizedForMetricTests.m
index f7323cd..e60daf0 100644
--- a/Demo/librato-iOS DemoTests/NSString+SanitizedForMetricTests.m	
+++ b/Demo/librato-iOS DemoTests/NSString+AULSanitizedForMetricTests.m	
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 //
 
 #import <XCTest/XCTest.h>
-#import "NSString+SanitizedForMetric.h"
+#import "NSString+AULSanitizedForMetric.h"
 
 @interface NSString_SanitizedForMetricTests : XCTestCase
 @property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *testString;
diff --git a/librato-iOS.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/librato-iOS.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 7396bdc..3f5ca57 100644
--- a/librato-iOS.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/librato-iOS.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
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 		669225A317FE44B800237E77 /* librato_iOSTests.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 669225A217FE44B800237E77 /* librato_iOSTests.m */; };
-		669225B117FE457800237E77 /* NSString+SanitizedForMetric.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 669225B017FE457800237E77 /* NSString+SanitizedForMetric.m */; };
+		669225B117FE457800237E77 /* NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 669225B017FE457800237E77 /* NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.m */; };
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 		669225C117FE458100237E77 /* LibratoConnection.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 669225B517FE458100237E77 /* LibratoConnection.m */; };
 		669225C217FE458100237E77 /* LibratoDirectPersister.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 669225B717FE458100237E77 /* LibratoDirectPersister.m */; };
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@
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-		669225AF17FE457800237E77 /* NSString+SanitizedForMetric.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = "NSString+SanitizedForMetric.h"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
-		669225B017FE457800237E77 /* NSString+SanitizedForMetric.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = "NSString+SanitizedForMetric.m"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		669225AF17FE457800237E77 /* NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = "NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.h"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		669225B017FE457800237E77 /* NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = "NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.m"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
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 		669225B317FE458100237E77 /* LibratoClient.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = LibratoClient.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		669225B417FE458100237E77 /* LibratoConnection.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = LibratoConnection.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@
 		669225AC17FE454800237E77 /* Categories */ = {
 			isa = PBXGroup;
 			children = (
-				669225AF17FE457800237E77 /* NSString+SanitizedForMetric.h */,
-				669225B017FE457800237E77 /* NSString+SanitizedForMetric.m */,
+				669225AF17FE457800237E77 /* NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.h */,
+				669225B017FE457800237E77 /* NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.m */,
 			);
 			path = Categories;
 			sourceTree = "<group>";
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
 				669225C417FE458100237E77 /* LibratoProcessor.m in Sources */,
 				669225C517FE458100237E77 /* LibratoQueue.m in Sources */,
 				6692260A17FF3C2A00237E77 /* Librato.m in Sources */,
-				669225B117FE457800237E77 /* NSString+SanitizedForMetric.m in Sources */,
+				669225B117FE457800237E77 /* NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.m in Sources */,
 				669225C617FE458100237E77 /* LibratoVersion.m in Sources */,
 				669225CC17FE458800237E77 /* LibratoMetric.m in Sources */,
 				669225C017FE458100237E77 /* LibratoClient.m in Sources */,
diff --git a/librato-iOS/Categories/NSString+SanitizedForMetric.h b/librato-iOS/Categories/NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.h
similarity index 62%
rename from librato-iOS/Categories/NSString+SanitizedForMetric.h
rename to librato-iOS/Categories/NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.h
index 56d0fc7..71c2023 100644
--- a/librato-iOS/Categories/NSString+SanitizedForMetric.h
+++ b/librato-iOS/Categories/NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-//  NSString+SanitizedForMetric.h
+//  NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.h
 //  Librato-iOS
 //
 //  Created by Adam Yanalunas on 10/3/13.
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 
-@interface NSString (SanitizedForMetric)
+@interface NSString (AYLSanitizedForMetric)
 
-- (NSString *)sanitizedForMetric;
+- (NSString *)ayl_sanitizedForMetric;
 
 @end
diff --git a/librato-iOS/Categories/NSString+SanitizedForMetric.m b/librato-iOS/Categories/NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.m
similarity index 76%
rename from librato-iOS/Categories/NSString+SanitizedForMetric.m
rename to librato-iOS/Categories/NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.m
index 838b31a..3c77958 100644
--- a/librato-iOS/Categories/NSString+SanitizedForMetric.m
+++ b/librato-iOS/Categories/NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.m
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 //
-//  NSString+SanitizedForMetric.m
+//  NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.m
 //  Librato-iOS
 //
 //  Created by Adam Yanalunas on 10/3/13.
 //  Copyright (c) 2013 Amco International Education Services, LLC. All rights reserved.
 //
 
-#import "NSString+SanitizedForMetric.h"
+#import "NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.h"
 
-@implementation NSString (SanitizedForMetric)
+@implementation NSString (AYLSanitizedForMetric)
 
-- (NSString *)sanitizedForMetric
+- (NSString *)ayl_sanitizedForMetric
 {
     NSCharacterSet *allowedSet = [NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ1234567890.:-_"];
     NSString *cleaned = [[self componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:allowedSet.invertedSet] componentsJoinedByString:@"-"];
diff --git a/librato-iOS/Metrics/LibratoMetric.m b/librato-iOS/Metrics/LibratoMetric.m
index 50f4697..1fac810 100644
--- a/librato-iOS/Metrics/LibratoMetric.m
+++ b/librato-iOS/Metrics/LibratoMetric.m
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 //
 
 #import "LibratoMetric.h"
-#import "NSString+SanitizedForMetric.h"
+#import "NSString+AYLSanitizedForMetric.h"
 #import "MTLValueTransformer.h"
 
 NSString *const LibratoMetricMeasureTimeKey = @"measure_time";
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ + (NSValueTransformer *)nameJSONTransformer
 {
     return [MTLValueTransformer reversibleTransformerWithForwardBlock:^id(NSString *name) {
         NSAssert(name.length > 0, @"Measurements must be named");
-        return name.sanitizedForMetric;
+        return name.ayl_sanitizedForMetric;
     } reverseBlock:^id(NSString *name) {
-        return name.sanitizedForMetric;
+        return name.ayl_sanitizedForMetric;
     }];
 }
 
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ + (NSValueTransformer *)nameJSONTransformer
 + (NSValueTransformer *)sourceJSONTransformer
 {
     return [MTLValueTransformer reversibleTransformerWithForwardBlock:^id(NSString *source) {
-        return source.sanitizedForMetric;
+        return source.ayl_sanitizedForMetric;
     } reverseBlock:^id(NSString *source) {
-        return (source.length ? source.sanitizedForMetric : nil);
+        return (source.length ? source.ayl_sanitizedForMetric : nil);
     }];
 }